A 70-year-old elephant in Sri Lanka, whose emaciated state sparked a backlash earlier this year, has died, an animal rights charity said. Tikiri was among 60 elephants who were forced to march at ...

A call for coexistence by Ifham Nizam Sri Lanka’s human-elephant conflict (HEC) has become an increasingly tragic symbol of the struggle between conservation and development. As one of Asia’s most ...

When booking a holiday to Sri Lanka, many dream of spotting an elephant on safari. What few expect is to open your room door in a plush hotel to see an elephant roaming the corridors. However ...

This is the moment the world's loneliest elephant had his first contact with a member of his own species in eight years after being rescued from a dilapidated zoo. Kaavan, a Sri Lankan elephant ...

The latest complications occurred when wildlife officials were directed to conduct elephant drives to move elephants ...

Similarly, a Sri Lankan elephant named Raja has gained fame for "collecting tolls" from passing vehicles in exchange for food. Elephants are the largest creatures on land that have been a subject ...

Sri Lanka has a new answer to toll booths -- a tax-collecting elephant. Instead of searching the car for some spare change, you must offer up a tasty snack before Raja allows you to pass.

This article explores these fundamental yet important questions behind Sri Lanka’s human-elephant conflict: Should we control elephant numbers, expand their habitats, or find ways to live ...

The Department of Wildlife Conservation has initiated an operation to use GPS technology in managing the movement of wild ...